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Canada Extradites Schreiber to Germany |
On August 3, 2009, the Canadian government extradited Karlheinz Schreiber, an arms dealer and lobbyist, to Germany after a ten-year legal fight to remain in Canada...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
Germany, Canada |
Corruption, Extradition, Taxation, Arms Trafficking, Fraud, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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Former UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Tax Return |
On July 28, 2009, Jeffrey P. Chernick of Standfordville, New York, pleaded guilty to charges of filing a false tax return. The agreement and press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
United States, Switzerland, Hong Kong |
Taxation, White Collar Crime |
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Indian Magistrate Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Union Carbide Head |
On July 31, 2009, the chief judicial magistrate of Bhopal, Prakash Mohan Tiwari, in response to a victims’ group plea, issued an arrest warrant for Warren Anderson, the former chief executive officer... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
United States, India |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, Human Rights |
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SEC Report Shows Lack of Cooperation by Antigua Hindered Investigations of Stanford |
On July 28, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission publicized an Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) report that found its investigation of fraud and related irregularities of R. Allen... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
United States, Antigua and Barbuda |
White Collar Crime, International Cooperation, Financial Crimes |
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Thailand Denies U.S. Request to Extradite Russian Alleged Arms Smuggler |
On August 11, 2009, a Thai court denied a U.S. extradition request for an alleged Russian arms smuggler, whom the U.S. wanted to try on charges of conspiring to furnish weapons to Colombian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
United States, Russia, Thailand |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, Arms Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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INTERPOL TRAINS LESOTHO POLICE TO INVESTIGATE COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES |
From June 15-20, 2009, police in Lesotho inspected 50 drug retailers, including supermarkets and pharmacies, which were suspected of selling or producing counterfeit medical products. The... |
Philip Mayer |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
Germany, South Africa, Lesotho |
Counterfeiting, Intellectual Property, International Organizations, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Court Denies U.S. Citizen’s Effort to Have U.S. Court Intervene in Detention in UAE Due to U.S. Law Enforcement Participation |
On August 4, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Naji Hamdan, a U.S. citizen detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) either at the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
United States, United Arab Emirates |
Human Rights, Torture, International Courts, International Cooperation |
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Eurojust-Europol Breaks International Gang of Skimming Fraudsters |
On July 31, 2009, Eurojust-Europol announced an operation that interrupted a large international skimming network after a major police operation coordinated from the Europol operational center in The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland, Romania |
International Organizations, Organized Crime, Fraud, Financial Crimes |
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U.S. and Switzerland Settle UBS Document Request |
On August 19, 2009, the United States and Swiss governments announced an agreement to obtain 4,450 names of U.S. taxpayers with accounts in UBS pursuant to the U.S.-Swiss tax treaty. Two principal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation, Treaties |
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The Liechtenstein--United Kingdom Tax Information Exchange Agreement |
Liechtenstein had agreed on March 12, 2009, to meet the OECD’s tax information exchange standards. Liechtenstein, like several other previously non-cooperative jurisdictions, had been pressured by... |
David Spencer |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
Liechtenstein, United Kingdom |
International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation, Treaties |
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U.S. Obtains New Conviction in Los Angeles for Failure to Disclose UBS Swiss Bank Accounts |
On August 14, 2009, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles secured a conviction of John McCarthy for failing to disclose his Swiss bank accounts and failing to file a Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) as... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
Hong Kong, Switzerland, United States, World |
Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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The New European Extradition System – a Critical Review |
In the last ten years the European Union has legislated to create an “area of justice, freedom and security” across Europe. Following the horrific events of 9/11 and subsequent attacks in Madrid and... |
Catherine Heard |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
Europe, United Kingdom |
Extradition |
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English High Court Upholds Hacker’s Extradition to the U.S. |
On July 31, 2009, the English High Court of Justice upheld the extradition of a 43-year-old British computer hacker to the United States, rejecting his claims that his physical impairment of Asperger... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
10 |
2009-10-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Terrorism, International Cooperation, Computer Crimes |
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Trial Judge Denies Bail for Stanford and U.K. Court Awards Antiguan Liquidators Control of Funds |
On June 30, 2009, U.S. District Judge David Hittner overruled the U.S. Magistrate’s decision that Sir Robert Allen Stanford could be released pending trial, and declared that Stanford is “a serious... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Antigua & Barbuda |
Administration of Justice, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Financial Crimes, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision |
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II International Criminal Law: Multilateral and Bilateral Enforcement Mechanisms (M. Cherif Bassiouni) (2008 Martins Nijhoff Publishers, 602 pp.) |
Volume II addresses jurisdiction and the various mechanisms and modalities of international cooperation in penal matters. For all practical purposes, its scope applies to both the direct and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World |
Administration of Justice, Book Review, International Cooperation |
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Berlin Conference on International Tax Crimes Recommends Further Action to Promote Transparency and Exchange of Information in Tax Matters |
On June 23, 2009, 19 countries participating in the second conference on the combating of international tax fraud and evasion agreed on further action through international organizations and informal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World, Germany |
International Organizations, Taxation, United Nations, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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UBS and U.S. Jointly Move to Stay Proceedings to Pursue Resolution |
On July 12, 2009, UBS and the U.S. government jointly moved to stay the start of their trial on July 13 in order to pursue a resolution of the dispute and requested that, in the event a resolution is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World, United States, Switzerland |
Taxation, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision |
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U.S. Acts Against Mexican Cartel Leaders |
On July 12, 2009, UBS and the U.S. government jointly moved to stay the start of their trial on July 13 in order to pursue a resolution of the dispute and requested that, in the event a resolution is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia |
Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Report Chronicles Deterioration of Venezuelan-U.S. Counternarcotics Cooperation |
On July 12, 2009, UBS and the U.S. government jointly moved to stay the start of their trial on July 13 in order to pursue a resolution of the dispute and requested that, in the event a resolution is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Colombia, Venezuela |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
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British Court Rules Algerian Business Mogul Khalifa Extraditable to Algeria |
On June 25, 2009, Judge Timothy Workman of the Westminister Court in London ruled that Algerian defendant Rafik Abdelmourme Khalifa is extraditable to Algeria. Khalifa is the former head of a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
France, United Kingdom, Algeria |
Corruption, Extradition, White Collar Crime, Embezzlement, Financial Crimes |